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Luke 8:18

Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.

KJV

βλέπετε οὖν πῶς ἀκούετε· ὃς ἂν γὰρ ἔχῃ, δοθήσεται αὐτῷ, καὶ ὃς ἂν μὴ ἔχῃ, καὶ ὃ δοκεῖ ἔχειν ἀρθήσεται ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ.

Greek NT

Videte ergo quomodo audiatis ? Qui enim habet, dabitur illi : et quicumque non habet, etiam quod putat se habere, auferetur ab illo.

Vulgate

Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he thinketh he hath.

ASV

Take heed therefore how you hear. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given: and whosoever hath not, that also which he thinketh he hath shall be taken away from him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἴρω
airo
verb · 101×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βλέπω
blepo
verb · 132×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
δοκέω
dokeo
verb · 62×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πῶς
pos
adverb · 104×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἄν
an
particle · 165×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἂν γὰρ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἂν γὰρ | RP: γὰρ ἐὰν
  • ἂν γὰρSBLGNT
  • ἂν γὰρWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • γὰρ ἐὰνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἂν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἂν | RP: ἐὰν
  • ἂνSBLGNT
  • ἂνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐὰνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:18 — Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
  • 1Cor 8:2 — And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
  • 1Cor 13:1 — Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
  • 1Cor 14:37 — If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
  • 1Pet 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
  • Acts 10:33 — Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
  • Acts 17:11 — These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
  • Deut 4:9 — Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons,
  • Deut 32:46 — And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
  • Heb 2:1 — Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
  • Jas 1:19 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
  • Jas 1:26 — If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
  • Jer 17:21 — Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
  • John 15:2 — Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
  • Luke 6:27 — But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
  • Luke 7:50 — And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
  • Luke 9:44 — Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
  • Luke 10:42 — But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
  • Luke 12:20 — But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
  • Luke 16:2 — And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
  • Luke 16:19 — There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
  • Luke 19:26 — For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
  • Luke 19:26 — For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
  • Mark 4:9 — And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
  • Mark 4:23 — If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
  • Mark 4:24 — And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
  • Mark 4:25 — For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
  • Mark 13:14 — But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mounta
  • Matt 7:22 — Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
  • Matt 11:7 — And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
  • Matt 13:12 — For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
  • Matt 13:12 — For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
  • Matt 25:29 — For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
  • Matt 25:29 — For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
  • Phil 3:4 — Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
  • Prov 2:2 — So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
  • Prov 14:12 — There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
  • Rom 12:3 — For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man t